EDUCATION
1989 -1991 • U.C. Santa Cruz •
Certificate in Graphic Design & Production • Santa Cruz CA
2005 – 2011 annually• Art & Soul •
4 day Mixed Media Art Retreats • Asilomar CA & Portland OR
ARTISTIC SKILLS
Mixed-Media: Reuse Art, Assemblage, and Layered Collage
Printmaking: Linoleum prints, and Mono prints
Drawing and Painting
Fabric Arts: Sewing, Felting and Costume Making
Jewelry Making
Process Art Making
Installation Art
BOARD POSITIONS
2006 – 2008 • Materials Exchange Center for Community Arts •
Board Secretary
2011- 2016 • Eugene Springfield Art Project • Board President
2017 – 2020 • Centro Latino Americano • Board President
ART CURATION
2015 to Present • Broadway Commerce Center • Eugene OR
2014 to Present • Lincoln Gallery • Eugene OR
September 2016 • Living Threads • Eugene OR
September 2017 • Sacred Seeds • Eugene, OR
2008 to 2014 • MECCA Gallery • Eugene OR
EXHIBITIONS
October 2021 Fiesta Cultural • Group Show •
City of Eugene Window Exhibitions • Eugene OR
October 2020 Dia de los Muertos • Juried Group Show •
Maude Kerns Art Center • Eugene OR
March 2020 A Swarm of Bees • Invitational Group Show •
Viking Braggot • Eugene OR
October 2018 Dia de los Muertos • Juried Group Show •
Maude Kerns Art Center • Eugene OR
September 2017 Dreams • Dual Show •
Townshend’s Teahouse • Eugene OR
February 2016 My Heart is Everywhere • Solo Installation •
The Lincoln Gallery • Eugene OR
August 2015 You Me We • Solo Show •
Eugene Piano Academy • Eugene OR
March 2014 Imagination Reigns • Dual Show •
Eugene Springfield Art Project Gallery• Eugene OR
October 2012 Reclammunication • Dual Show •
Piano Academy• Eugene OR
WORK HISTORY
January 2014 – Present • Director of the Arts & Culture Program •
Oregon Supported Living Program • Eugene OR
2015 – Present • Cultural Coordinator •
Broadway Commerce Center • Eugene OR
2008 – 2013 • Executive Director of MECCA •
Materials Exchange Center for Community Art • Eugene OR
2007 – Present • Workshop Instructor •
Independent Contractor • Eugene OR
EVENT COORDINATION
2012 & 2013 • Annual Raise a Glass to MECCA Art Auction • Eugene OR
2014 – 2016 • Annual Springfield Art & Chalk Fest • Springfield OR
2016 – 2019 • Annual So Small Miniature Art Auction • Eugene OR
2018 • Meet Me in the Zocalo Cultural Arts Event • Eugene OR
PUBLIC ART
2017 • Playable Public Art Piano • City Cultural Services • Eugene OR
VOLUNTEER ROLES
2021 • Eugene Farmers Market Public Art Panel • City of Eugene • Eugene OR
2017 – 2018 • S.L.U.G. Queen • Santa Frida Babosita • Eugene OR
2016 & 2019 • Juror for Dia de los Muertos Exhibition •
Maude Kerns Art Center • Eugene, OR
2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2019 • Lead First Friday Art Walks & Springfield Mural Tour • Lane Arts Council • Eugene OR
2015 & 2017 • Lead Second Friday Art Walk • Emerald Art Center • Springfield OR
PHILANTHROPY
2012 – 2014 • Donated jewelry for MECCA’s annual benefit event – Raise a Glass • Eugene OR
2014 – 2019 • Donate artwork annually for the So Small Miniature Art Auction •
Benefit for the OSLP Arts & Culture Program • Eugene OR
In collaboration with the ArtChics – a women’s art group I’ve belonged to since 2002,
I have contributed to the following projects:
2006 • Created & donated a mosaic mural to BRING Recycling for their Planet Improvement Center • Eugene OR
2007 • Created and donated a clay quilt to the Center for Community Counseling
for their lobby • Eugene OR
2004 – Present • coordinate and donate artwork for the ArtChics annual art sale benefitting various local arts programs, raising over $45,000 • Eugene OR
GRANT PANELS
2016 • Community Arts Grants • Lane Arts Council • Eugene OR
2021 • Downtown Program Fund • City Cultural Services • Eugene OR
2021 • Arts Builds Communities • Oregon Arts Commission • Oregon
PRESENTATIONS
October 2021 • Photo Presentation of the cultural celebration of Dia de los Muertos in Oaxaca & Chiapas, Mexico • Maude Kerns Art Center • Eugene OR
October 2018, 2019 & 2020 • Created family ofrendas as part of the Dia de los Exhibitions • Maude Kerns Art Center • Eugene OR
September 2019 • Photo Presentation of the cultural art and artisans of Oaxaca Mexico • Eugene Public Library Eugene OR
October 2019 • Photo Presentation of the cultural celebration of Dia de los Muertos in Oaxaca & Chiapas, Mexico • Eugene Public Library • Eugene OR
Oct. 2017 & 2018 • Photo Presentation of the cultural celebration of Dia de los Muertos in Oaxaca Mexico • Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art • Eugene OR